CAFE DEL SOL FOUNDER JACK SEARS DIES

Monday, March 11, 2019

Montecito Journal columnist Richard Mineards recently announced the passing off local restaurant icon Jack Sears, age 84. Sears, with his wife Emilie, owned one of Montecito’s most iconic watering holes, Cafe del Sol, for nearly half a century. The twosome sold the property by the Andree Clark Bird Refuge, now the Magic Castle, in 2013 and closed the popular restaurant the following year. Being from Montecito, The Restaurant Guy celebrated many a birthday at Cafe del Sol, including decades ago when it was located in the upper village where Montecito Wine Bistro is now.

Jack & Emilie gave so much more then just a business Jack use to take dinners to people that could not get out Jack & Emilie closed Thanksgiving day and served Thanksgiving dinner free to many seniors and patrons until certain groups took advantage of the free food and drinks.
Jack will be missed.
Thank you Jack & Emilie